seamanlike
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of seamanlike
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Just as important as these statistics to Miss Mac was the fact that her blue-clad girls had been models of correct, seamanlike behavior before the U.S. public.
From Time Magazine Archive
The standard boat is surprisingly well equipped, but I have to mention one item that seems to summarize the thoughtful and seamanlike approach Formula uses on its yachts.
From Time Magazine Archive
Unhappily, this special edition is tarted up with Rorschach-like woodcut and wash color illustrations, thus sabotaging the realism of tidal charts, maps and seamanlike detail.
From Time Magazine Archive
Also came Hans Fleming, Chief Pilot, straight, tall, seamanlike, determined to do his duty, to teach Americans taking over the ship everything he knew.
From Time Magazine Archive
The "Alert" was the smaller of the two vessels, but her commander had in him all that pluck and those sterling seamanlike qualities that made the name of England great upon the ocean.
From The Naval History of the United States Volume 1 by Willis J. (Willis John) Abbot
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